Rep. Marty Moylan

Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, no gaming positions operated within the corporate limits of the City of Chicago may be physically located within 20 miles of the gaming positions operated by a licensee that is located in the City of Des Plaines. Provides that certain admissions taxes and fees imposed under the Act on a licensee that is located in the City of Des Plaines may not be distributed to any other municipality other than the City of Des Plaines. Provides that any revenue-sharing agreement that violates this prohibition shall be considered null and void. Effective immediately.

Amends the Carnival and Amusement Rides Safety Act. Changes the name of the Act to the Amusement Ride and Attraction Safety Act. Changes the definition of "volunteer" to mean "any person who operates or assists in the operation of an amusement ride or amusement attraction, or performs any other function related to a carnival or fair, for an owner or operator without pay or lodging". Provides that no person, firm, corporation, or other entity that owns or operates a carnival or fair shall employ any individual, or permit any individual to volunteer, who (i) has been convicted of any offense set forth in Article 11 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, (ii) is a registered sex offender, as defined in the Sex Offender Registration Act, or (iii) has ever been convicted of any offense set forth in Article 9 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person, firm, corporation, or other entity that owns or operates a carnival or fair must conduct a criminal history records check and perform a check of the National Sex Offender Public Registry for all employees and volunteers, regardless of their job function, at the time they are hired or begin volunteering, and annually thereafter except if they are in the continued employ of the entity. Provides that a carnival or fair owner is not responsible for any personal information submitted by an employee or volunteer for criminal history records checks. Provides that any person, firm, corporation, or other entity that owns or operates a carnival or fair that violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this Section or fails to conduct a criminal history records check or a sex offender registry check for its employees or volunteers shall be assessed a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $10,000 for a first offense, not to exceed $25,000 for a second offense, and not to exceed $50,000 for a third or subsequent offense. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly operate, manage, be employed by, or be associated with any amusement enterprise, carnival, or fair, including a county fair, when persons under the age of 18 are present. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding maintenance.

Amends the Permanent Noise Monitoring Act. Deletes the definition of "Ldn". Defines "Annual community noise equivalent level" or " annual CNEL", "daily community noise equivalent level" or "CNEL", "noise exposure level", and "noise level". Requires permanent noise monitoring reports to include noise contour maps showing the 65 CNEL, 70 CNEL, and 75 CNEL zones (instead of "65 Ldn, 70 Ldn and 75 Ldn zones") around the airport. Makes corresponding changes.

Urges the Illinois Department of Public Health to conduct a study on mandated random toxicology screening by physicians treating chronic pain and make specific determinations on the effectiveness of such policy to reduce overdoses, combat illegal prescription drug sales, and increase cost effectiveness in the healthcare system.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the general homestead exemption amount and the long-time occupant homestead exemption amount shall be doubled for homestead property that is negatively affected by aircraft noise from Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Effective immediately.

Creates the Protection of Reproductive Health Care Decisions Act. Provides that an employer shall provide written notice to its employees and prospective employees regarding any applicable exclusions in contraceptive coverage the employer provides to its employees as part of the employee health insurance plan. Provides that the employer shall post the notice in conspicuous places on the premises of the employer. Defines "contraceptive coverage" as that portion of a health insurance policy that provides coverage for the cost of contraceptive drugs or devices approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration, or generic equivalents approved as substitutes by the Food and Drug Administration, under the prescription of a health care provider legally authorized to prescribe. Directs the Department of Labor to adopt rules to implement the new provisions. Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for an employer to refuse to hire, to segregate, or to act with respect to recruitment, hiring, promotion, renewal of employment, selection for training or apprenticeship, discharge, discipline, tenure or terms, privileges or conditions of employment on the basis of an individual's reproductive health care decisions.

Makes application to Congress for the calling of a convention for proposing amendments to the United States Constitution.

Amends the Mobile Home Landlord and Tenant Rights Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning applicability of the Act.

Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Provides that in any case where a defendant has been convicted of a violent crime or a juvenile has been adjudicated a delinquent for a violent crime, the victim or his or her representative and immediate family or household member upon their request shall (rather than may) be permitted by the court to orally address (rather than address) the court regarding the impact of the defendant's criminal conduct or juvenile delinquent conduct has upon them. Deletes provision that the court has discretion to determine the number of oral presentations of victim impact statements.